Mary Mapes Dodge

The Merry Wind

Summary


The Merry Wind is a short poem that follows a gleeful gust racing down the hills on an autumn day. It chases rustling leaves into whirling clouds of red and yellow, singing a cheery song as it goes. Then the frolic slows. The wind grows weary, its voice fading to something faint and eerie, while a crow calls in the distance and painted leaves drift down one by one in the mellow sun.

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The merry wind came racing
Adown the hills one day,
In gleeful frolic chasing
The rustling leaves away.
In clouds of red and yellow,
He whirled the leaves along,
And then the jolly fellow
He sang a cheery song.

Autumn wind swirling red and yellow leaves down a hill while a crow watches, illustrating the poem The Merry Wind

The merry wind was weary
At last of fun and play;
His voice grew faint and eerie,
And softly died away.
Far off a crow was calling
And in the mellow sun
The painted leaves kept falling
And fading, one by one.

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Credits

Mary Mapes Dodge was a 19th-century American author and editor, best known for the novel Hans Brinker and for founding the children's magazine St. Nicholas. Her verse, like this poem, shows her gift for turning small seasonal moments into musical rhymes for young readers.